Grandpa Roy has met several Tuskegee Airmen. Early U.S. Army manuals said Blacks would never be able to fly. These guys put lie to that statement. When finally allowed to escort bombers during World War II, they never lost a bomber because of the tactics they adopted. There are few left alive today (2012) as they are, like so many other military personnel of that war, are growing old.

Grandma Bert's picture of the memorial depicts the ever-rising pylons.

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Grandma Bert's other photo of the Century of Flight memorial taken while Grandpa Roy reads some of the dedication bricks and blocks and the enscriptions on the pylons.

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Grandma's photo makes it clear what happened on December 17, 1903, that was so important to aviation.

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Grandma Bert has been interested in Harriet Quimby for a long time.

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The inscription commemorating Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic to Paris. The money for his airplane and flight came from donations made by the people of St. Louis, Missouri, hence the name of his aircraft.

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Ameilia Earhart disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.

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First man on the moon.

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Of interest, 1981 is the year that your grandparents met.

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John G. Magee's famous poem, quoted in full by Ronald Reagan after the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger.